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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11
A Modern Knight.

Upon a temperament predisposed to
look at things in their darker aspect" saws
q writer in the Century, speaking Of Lin
coins love affairs, it might naturally be
expected that love affair which was not
perfectly happy would be productive of
great misery. But Lincoln seemed espe-
cially chosen to the keenest suffering in
such conjuncture. The pioneer, as a
rule. was comparatively free from any
troubles of the imagination. To quote
Mr.. Mcconnell again: s'There was no ro-
nance IN his (the pioneers composition.
lie had no dreaminess; meditation was no
part OF his mental habit; poetical fancy
would. in him, have been an indication Of
insanity. If he reclined at the foot of a
tree, on a still summer day, it was to sleep;
II he gazed out over the waving prairie, it
was to search for the column of smoke
which told OF his enemies approach;
It he turned his eyes toward the
blue heaven, it was to prognosticate
to-morrow's rain OF sunshine. If he bent
his gaze toward the green earth it was to
look Tor Indian sign Or buffalo trail. His
wife was only helpmate; he never thought
OF making divinity of her. But Lincoln
could never have claimed this happy i'm
munlty from ideal trials. His published
speeches show how much the poet in him
was constantly kept in check; and at this
time of his life his imagination was sufi.
GENTLY, alert tolintict upon'h him the sharpest
anguish. His reverence for women was SO
deep and tender that he thought an injury
to one OF them was Il sin too heinous to be
ezplated:. No Hamlet, dreaming amid the
tqrrets OF Elsinore, no Sidney, creating a
chlyalrous Arcadia, was fuller of mystic
and shadowy fancies of the worth and dig
nifty OF woman than this backwoods politi-
clan. Few men everliyed more sensitiyely
and delicately tender toward the SEX"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11

peal to the testimony. w. H. Harper ia
the author of the Illinois high-license law.
The next year after the law went into oper-
alton bill was reported to the Legislature
reducing the license. Mr.. Harper said, in
opposition to the reduction: There will
always be enough dram.s sellers to fully
supply the public appetite; and there is nc
danger of.any citizen suffering thirst under
the existing law while he possesses nickel
to pay for its alienation.
"Again sixty-four men, whose political
antecedents were unknown, living in differ
ent parts of Illinois, and selected Mt ran.
dom, were recently asked by the Voice: rs
there any evidence of less drinking unde,
the high license law? -Four answered, Yes,
and sixty, No
ures for the city, copied from the annual
police reports, and judge whether they
point to less drinking under the reign OF
high license:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11

A FRIEND writes that among the Mo-
neers i'll temperance in public schools we
must rank Gen. John Eaton, for sixteen
years Commissioner of Education, and DR..
Bowditch. In evidence she cites DR..
Eaton's lecture on Education and Santa.
ton" delivered throughout New England
many years ago, and afterward-eight or
ten years ago-published in leading edu-
cational journals. AS early as 1860 DIR.
Bowditch agitated this subject in connec-
ton with efforts to secure the general in
PRODUCTION Of physiology and hygiene in
public schools.-Union Si0nal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11

MUCH of the strength for reform lies
with the mothers and sisters of orr land.
Unto them is the temperance movement
looking for its strongest allies. Unto them,
also, is good health making its strongest
plea: the destinies of millions are in their
hands. and their position is indeed respon-
s1ble, but the American woman must pre-
vail, and consequently hasten on the mil
lennium.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11

DR.. FELTON,, the energetic reformer of
georgia has begun vigorous warfare
against the family wine rooms" of At
!anta. lie wants to get $4,000 license
fee imposed upon them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11

A WATCH has been invented to carry in
your boot while travelling. This keenino
time with the feet we slways objected r..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11

1885, 40 rs 4O7
"And now, in the light of these figures,
read again that fearful arraignment by the
Grand Jury: The liberation of dens of
iniquity on prominent thoroughfares,
licensed to do dram-shop business, is be-
coming entirely too prominent And this,
after two years of the Harper high-license
law! Clearly. if We hold the scales with
judicial fairness and let this item, less
drinking go to the side Of high
license, it must be as the infnitesimal dust
of the balance.
"'A step to,card prohibition is fifth
item urged in behalf of this new device.
This was the theory of many good men
when the Illinois high-license law was
pressed for adoption. But the facts have
exploded the theory. They proved high
license bar to prohibition, not help.
Millions of dollars from the saloons for re-
venue make the saloon power in politics
and legislation that it never was before. A
vote for prohibition in Illinois now means
a vote to throw away five millions of dollars
of license revenue! That kind of thing
is not likely to make prohibition sentiment.
Even when, after years operation of the
law, bill was introduced into the Legisla-
ture to reduce the license to $3.50, it was
strenuouslyland vehemently said: NO, gen.
tlemen! To reduce the license qcill de-
range and throp into confusion the .ta,an-
ces of a thousand cities, towns, uillages,
toacnships, and other municipalities IN the
State That appeal was potent against re-
duction. How doubly potent it would be
against wiping out the income altogether!
"Here, then, are the five claims for high
license. We know no other, seriously
urged, nor comprehended in these. They
exhaust the list. We here restate them,
and, side by side with them, the verdict of
the facts:
!. More revenue. ....... Yes, decidedly.
2. Fewer saloons. ....... Slightly, perhaps.
3. Better saloons. $500. No, decidedly.
4. Less drinking. Not perceptbly
s. A step toward prohibit
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11
THE CLAIMS OF HIGH LICENSE.
Rev. DR.. johnson Takes Them Up One
by One, and Shows Their
Flimsiness.

DR.. Herrick johnson, of Chicago, in a
powerful article, entitled "High License
Weighed in the Balances and" discusses
with parked ability the subject of high
license in its various aspects. We quote
as follows what he says of the five claims
of high license:
Undoubtedly high license is having
some most respectable and efficient advo-
cacy. Men of unimpeachable temperance
record and of high Christian character lend
il their sanction, and hail it as the best
thing in the interest of law and order at
present attainable. They deplore the evils
Of intemperance, many of them practice
total abstinence, and many Of them be-
lieve in the principle of prohibition; but
they favor high license as the only MEASURE
now practicable.
as this position defensible? We ques-
ton both its political and its moral sound
ness. Your candid judgment, good reader.
on this matter. Let the scales be held with
judicial fairness. While everything is put
into the high-license side that can justly
be claimed for it, we must be as fair in adj
justing the weights for the other side. And
then, if high license is found wanting, let
us have done with it,
Pr the hight license side. Very we'll. The
daim is good. The item belongs there.
And tits big item in dollars. One is al
most astonished at the figures. In Illinois
1.-The revenue from the saloon business has
been increased by high license from $780,
600 to more than 81, SOC, 900; in the city Of
Chicago from 100000 to 1880, 900.
Millions of dollars, you see, in one State!
One and half million dollars in single
city! That will repair good many streets,
build o good many sidewalks, adorn good
many public parks, provide for additional
police,
"sFewer sail ons is the second item for
the high license side. The justice of this
claim has been challenged. We believe it
debatable. But an actual count would
Doubtless there are some fewer saloons in
Illinois to-day than when the high license
bill was passed.
stIn making this concession, however,
fairness equally demands that we make it
jibe with the facts. -Four things are here
beyond dispute. First, towns in Illinois
having voted no license for years are now,
through the temptation of this large rev.
enue, voting in favor of license. Secondly,
Of forty-nine men, selected at random from
different parts of their State, without any
knowledge of their political sentiments, and
asked the question, Have saloons de-
creased?' twenty-five answered yes and
twenty-four NO Thirdly, the decrease in
the number of licensed saloons in Chicago
is comparatively very small; the figures, by
repeated and open confession, are disap-
pointment to many who advocated the high.
license law. Wild exaggerations of the
number of saloons closed have gone forth.
But here are the official figures:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11

my last accepted time may be:
Oh! shouldst thou grieve Him now away.
Then hope may never beam on thee.
Oh, that my Lord God would bring YOU
now to see your sin and to fly from it; and
your duty, and help you to do it, SO that
when the last great terror of death shall
spread its two black wings, and clutch with
its bloody talons for thy soul, it cannot hurt
thee, for that thou art safe in the warm
dove-cote of Savior's mercy!
Come in come in!
Eternal glory shalt thou VIM
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23
An Important Discovery.

We learn from Col. Joseph
Grandelmeyer, who came in private
conveyance from White Pine on
Sunday last, that on the day previ-
GUS to his leaving there, Saturday,
two miners who were at work in
the Stafford mine, broke through a
contact of lime and shale. in which
they discovered a well defined vein
of free milling quartz and chloride
ore. Samples were taken, and
from the size OF the assay buttons he
judged that they assayed about $500
to the ton. He said that this is
regarded as the most important dis
covery tnat has been made in that
district since the famed period of the
Eberhardt mine, as it has effactu-
ally f1oored all the theories of ex-
perts, chat /" no contact vein could
live in Treasure Hill" Col. Gran
delmeyer claims that this is an in
tact vein of ore, with shale hang
ing-wall and limestone foot-wall.
sentinel.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23

Messrs Stephens & Mckinney,
who are running the Tahoe hatch
cry at the Lake for Cap. Todman
have secured about 450, 900 eggs.
They catch the trout, secure the
eggs and then send them TO Tahoe
City, where they are Matched out.
They are also furnishing eggs fol
Fish Commissioner Cary, and have
sent him over 200, 900 eggs this
season.
The largest portion Of all the eggs
furnished by Stephens & McKen-
ney will be planted in this State.
Their headquarters are at the fool
of the Marlett & Fulsom incline.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23
The BAIL Came

The big baseball game tomorrow
will attract a tremendous crowd,
ana numbers of people are coming
from Virginia City and Reno to
witness it. All of Dayton, Genoa
and Empire will be here, and the
sports are backing the Carson club
from the jump. The APPEAL has
engaged a special reporter to spread
the record before the public,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23
The Second Floor Gamblin z
Law.

Law.
The trial in a Virginia City Court
under the second floor ordinance
law, opens an old sore. Some
years ago the law removed all
faro games to the second floor. The
gamblers evaded the law by build
ing small floor, a few steps above
the first. The present case against
Patterson and Gregory is to test
the question of what second floor
is.
Curiously enough, the trainers of
the law were two sharp gamblers
of Virginia City. They quietly Sc
cured five years. lease of all avail
able second floors on C. street,
where a faro game could be run.
Then they secured the passage of
the law which drove all the sports
up stairs into the rooms leased by
the clever jobbers. The rent they
were compelled to pay was eno,-
nous. The sports saw the little
game, and evaded the law by the
temporary sham floor. 1t busted
the two schemers wide open.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS

4 =
| A female real estate agent is
| Pomona latest addition.
Indians on the San Ca, l.,s Res
ervation are expert cattle thieves.
The Southern Pacific road has
finished grading to Santa Barbara.
Two men were killed by an ex-
plosion in a quarry near Socorro, N.
NJ. Wednesday.
Nevada county has voted 81 900
to secure satisfactory exhibits of
fruit and minerals at the Mechanics
Institute and State Fairs.
Harry Pierce, the young man
who had his leg cut off in a thrash
ing machine near San Bernardino
Tuesday, died in terrible agony
Thursday evening.
>-R. p. Clarke, aged sixty-four
years, attempted suicide at San
Bernardino Wednesday, after hav-
ing been detected in an assault up
on a nine year-old girl.
There is complaint at Los An
geles that the Assessor has discrim-
mated in his assessments in favor
of large land holders, and the small
owners have to suffer in coDse-
quence.
The body of Mrs. Acosta was
exhumed at Stockton Wednesday
for the purpose of investigating
traces of poisoning, which it is
charged was administered by man
called political Dick"
Three children were playing at
Auburn, Placer county, Wednesday
when a gun in the room was knock
ed down and discharged, the load
blowing away the right side of the
face of the three-year-old son of DIR.
Hawyer.
The real estate assessments of
Los Angeles County, outside OF the
town and city lots, amounts to $44,-
700, 574, an increase over the last
years assessment of 27,S02, 1856.
On town and city lots the figures
are $3S, 6S1 ,275, an increase over
last year of $24, 4O6,O 34. In addi-
ton to this enormous increase of
real estate returns the personal
property roll shows an increase
since last year of nearly So 900 900.
William Schmidt, whose recent
effort to escape from Folsom is
still in the minds of our readers,
attempted to assassinate Warden
John McComb yesterday, but was
prevented by the. Warden covering
him with pistol and ordering him
to throw up his hands, in which
position he was secured. 1t is be-
lieved that Schmidt wanted to be
removed to some other prison,
where his chances for escape were
better, and he was willing to, COM
nit murder to secure the removal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23

We have not had copy Of the
Salt Lake Democrat this week.
What's the matter, Bro. Dennis
Independent.
From what we can learn, the
Salt Lake Democrat has suspended
publication. There was no room
for the Democrat in Salt Lake, yet
it cost the proprietors $25 900, and
took two years time TO find it
out.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23
ALI SOwr S.

F, WIZARD Oil at Geo. ThaXter g..
There is a prospect of another
rain storm.
| A Democratic newspaper is
talked of in Reno.
Lewis Morrison will probably
visit Carson before long.
| Senator Briggs, who was quite
sick in San Francisco, is up again.
john Sweeny is hard at work
getting the Fair grounds in order.
For Sale.-A large roomy resi-
dence in the Western part of the
city. Fine location. Apply at this
office.
-Washoe Lake has fallen three
feet in the last few weeks, and is so
full of weeds that it is hard to tell
where the Lake is.
One of the Wild West shows
in Iowa used the wrong revolvers
and managed to kill each other.
The innovation takes.
MIR. H. p. Cohen, for many
years the business manager of the
Enterprise, has secured similar
position on the San Francisco
Alta.
Miss Jane Tritle, daughter of
Ex-Governor Tritle, will be married
to Eugene j. Spencer, of the Corps
of Engineers, U. s. Army, at Pres
colt, Arizona, on the 2Sth inst.
Joe Sing a Chinaman who was
on the witness stand in San Francis
CO few days ago swore that he was
an American citizen, naturlaiz-
ed in Cincinnati, and voted for Tild-
en- in 1876.
There is a woman in Dakota who
is successfully working a one hum
Acknowledgements farm, and she
declares that she could work one
twice as large if the men who
want to marry her would quit both
ering her.
There will be pool-selling at
the Hole-in- the Wall on Saturday
evening, July 23rd, on the great
match game for 81 900 between the
Resolute Baseball ..nine," of Vir-
ginia. and the Amateur "nine," of
Carson. Also on Sunday fore
noon.
TO keep moths out of piano, put
pieces of gum camphor about the
size of walnut, wrapped in tissue
paper, in the interior corners of the
instrument. 1t will gradually eva
porate and must be renewed once
or twice a year. Moths attack the
red cloth used in the construction
of the piano, and its renewal is ex-
pensive,
They have lots of fun in Court
at Grass Valley, Cal. Frank
Waugh was arrested for disturbing a
Grand Army meeting, two days
were consumed in getting jury,
during the trial Justice Wadsworth
fined the District Attorney three
times, $40 a clatter, for contempt
of Court and finally ordered him
imprisoned for twelve hours, but
the District Attorney defied the
Judge to write commitment, the
Jury then disagreed, and when the
Tidings went to press, the fine had
not been paid, neither had the Dis
trict Attorney been imprisoned.
L
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23
Good News from Washington.

Good News from Washington.
The following dispatch received
at the Land Office yesterday, ex-
plains itself:
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 81.
Hon. John E. Jones List COW
ering nearly sixty thousand acres
passed upon and awaiting signature
of General Sparks. Lists covering
two hundred thousand acres to be
acted upon Immediately, and the
rest as soon as received. Forward
all Non Mineral affidavits now on
hand in your Office to the Depart
ment especially governing Sections
per lists of Carson District reach
ing number sixty, and of Eureka OF
same number; also all others as
soon as possible. Nevada inter-
ests demand this.
G. s. YOUNG,
Land Agent.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23

The Elsinnore News says: The
tender feet want the earth, and il
has come to such psss that a man
is afraid to put price upon his lot
lest it be gobbled mp from under
him.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23
Meeting of tM. idaho Pres.

There is to be meeting of the
Idaho press at Great Shoshone Falls
on Wednesday, August 10, for tie
purpose of discussing tie question
of segregation and annexation. The
meeting bids fair to be one of great
importance.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23
A MARROW ESCAPE
An Eureka Miner seventy
eight Hours Entombed.

An Eureka Miner seventy
eight Hours Entombed.
The Eureka Sentinel tells the
following:
HI. K. Mitchell, Esq, went out
on horseback to the Ruby Hill Tun-
mel on Sunday last, and on his ar
| rival there found that Dennis Crow
ley, who has contract for work in
the tunnel, was absent. On the
door of the cabin, however, was
hanging a frying pan, with the bot
tom outward. Written on this
with a stem of clay-pipe, was the
following startling announcement.
mike Lions has been caved on in
the Dougout mine. have gone to
dig him out. He has not been seen
since Thursday. Tell A. Jackson. !"
AS soon as Mr.. Mitchell read this
he hurried to Ruby Hill and Eureka
and gave the alarm. Several min
ers fastened to the place Of the
accident and then found Pat O'Keefe,
DENNIS Crowley, Martin Piantoni
and Charles Mcdonald had been
working all the day to liberate Lyons
from his perilous imprisonment.
The arrival of the fresh recruits
relieved these men, and at 6 O'Clock
p. M, he was liberated, after being
entombed from Thursday at noon,
until Sunday at 6 o'clock P. NJ, 70
hours.
Lyons, after taking two drinks
of whisky, stated that he had not
suffered from hunger nor thirst, but
that he felt chilled during the
confinement. He then walked to
O'Keefe's cabin and said that he
felt hungry, and thou ght it was time
to get bite to eat. He asked if it
was not Sunday, and thought he
had kept run of the time very well.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23
| Real Estate Difference.

Carson is full of people who fail
to comprehend the present condition
of real estate in this city. They inn
agine that everything is going to
the dogs, because they listen to tie
growing and fault-finding OF the old
buns and failures who are walking
about town to save funeral expenses.
Let them go down Main Street and
attempt to purchase piece of real
estate and they will soon realize
that ground in Carson is not con-
sidered drag on the market.
The town is full of men who think
if they could only sell out here and
20 to Reno, they would materially
better their condition. Let these
people look at the following figures
and see just how much better off
they would be.
There is business house in Reno
brick building that is valued at
So, 900. 1t is rented for $75 a month.
This is three fourths of one per
cent a month. There is a building
in this city valued at $1,000 which
rents for $50 a month, which is 8
per cent. per month on the invest
ment. The Carson building is al
ways rented, and the Reno build
ing is empty several months in the
year.
Mr.. Kersey, the real estate deal
er informed the writer yesterday
that he had ten applications to pur-
chase property on Nam street. These
applications were from men with
idle money on their hands, who
wanted to make a sure investment.
We make the statement that no one
can successfully refute, that no
better real estate investment can be
found in Nevada than on Main St.
Carson City.
Ask any man who has ever SO in
| vested and see if ne is not more
, than satisfied. Go to Reno where
fictitious boom is being worked
up and you are requested to pay
about twice as much for property as
the returns for the investment war
rants. If $4,000 will earn 8 per
cent. a month in Carson and 50 900
| only earns three fourths of one per
| cent. a month in Reno, where does
Reno's superiority as town, over
Carson, come in? We forwai d
this nut to the Reno papers ard
they can crack it at their leisure.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23

Eight dead rats were lately
found while cleaning out the reser
voir of the Reno Water Company.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23
FOR SALE.

I'm CARSON CITY A BAKERY,
with cracker machinery and all me-
oessary appliances, now in good run
ming order; busint SIS established for
over twen,y years, together with
sto v dwelling b. use containing twelve
furnished rooms For terms and price
apply TO. j. ID. KERSE1-
iune17 1 m.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-23

When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria
When she was Child, she cried for CastonA.
When the became Miss, she chung to Castoria